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• Study: Yellowstone-area whitebark toll 1M acres

  July 21, 2010 2:39 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A researcher says the recent death toll of whitebark pines in the Yellowstone area is approaching and could far exceed the acreage of all trees that burned in the region's infamous 1988 wildfires. The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report Wednesday on the dead and dying... more »

• Study: Yellowstone-area whitebark toll 1M acres

  July 21, 2010 2:39 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Whitebark pine trees in the Yellowstone area are dying at a rate approaching the acreage of all trees that burned in the region's vast 1988 wildfires, a researcher says. The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report Wednesday on the dead and dying high-elevation forests in Wyoming,... more »

• Feds to consider endangered status for whitebark

  July 19, 2010 3:07 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) The federal government will consider whether a high-elevation pine tree devastated by beetles and fungus deserves endangered species protection. Whitebark pines can be found in the harsh, high elevations of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and western Canada. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced... more »

• Group sues over whitebark pine endangered petition

  February 25, 2010 7:14 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) An environmental group has filed suit seeking federal protection for a high-elevation pine tree that's been devastated in some places of the Rocky Mountains by beetle infestations and fungus. The Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in December, 2008, to list the... more »